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From the Bench

Laboratory professionals are comfortable with blood; after all, without it we wouldn't be able to perform many of the tests necessary for delivering quality healthcare to the people in our communities. We work...

In an episode of “Science Happens!” produced by STAT News, Scientist Roy Kishony and his colleagues build a MEGA plate for us and let us see how they make an invisible catastrophe visible. In the process,...

We have blogged previously about the limitations of urine hCG tests to detect pregnancy in a hospital setting and about the Abbott iSTAT, the first FDA approved device for detection of hCG in whole blood at...

Last month, I started a new job. Those of you who follow my blog might find this funny. A few months ago I wrote about being "The New Kid in Town." When I wrote that blog, I had no idea I would be living in...

Computers in the laboratory are like indoor plumbing. There are very few of us around who can recall when there were NONE. But computer security, that is a very different subject. The first computer I...

The clinical laboratory is instrumental in the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid disease, which affects up to 20 million Americans. The American Thyroid Association observes Thyroid Awareness Month in...

We often discuss staffing issues within the bubble of our laboratory routine. In this context, we discuss the need for timely training and competency assessment and the problems that ensue when these are not...

As I have grown and matured, I have discovered that some words have very different meanings, depending on how they are used. I recall when I was younger, this was confusing to me. I attended a high-rated...

National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) is recognized every year during the first week of December. The CDC created NIVW in 2005 to encourage people to protect themselves against influenza, a serious...

It allows for precise interventions when managing a patient thus a cost effective evidence based approach. Consider the ever increasing burden of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) largely due to indiscriminate prescription and use of antibiotics, the Lab continues to play its role for a more precise approach.